Sealions

Before leaving San Diego, we took a trip on this wee beastie.  It does roads as well as sea and was a great way to see San Diego from a different angle.  The sea lions were easy to spot, they just sailed us out to the point where they unload the fish that people catch and there they all are - well fed and (in the main) sleeping it off.  A further treat was the sight of dolphins, albeit some distance off in the naval pens.  Both seals and dolphins are used by the military serving out of San Diego.

 

 

A trip to the zoo

The world famous San Diego Zoo was a cracking day out.  Another hot day and the queues to get in were long, as was the queue for the first bus inside the venue.  We abandoned it and walked, a long day but a great one.  Once inside the main part of the zoo there were very few queues, other than to see the pandas.   Well worth the visit.

San Diego

We loved San Diego.  We had great fun exploring Little Italy, eating the best breakfast ever of pancakes and having to queue to even get a seat, a good hotel overlooking the Star of India (a clipper, rather than a curry house), and plenty to see.   Big navy town, eighth biggest city in the US, second best climate in the world, and a lot of people on the streets.  I guess if you are going to be homeless, you may as well be in a climate that suits the outdoor life.